This Is Not a Test - 28mm Post-Apoc Skirmish - New Minis p. 18

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**BrookM**

The "Pest Control" mission has zombie spawners that you need to destroy yes.

**Barzam**

Zombies are in the core rules, then? Excellent. You guys are definitely selling me on this game. I printed out the trial rules. I'll have to give it a try.

**BrookM**

There are variants (regular and irradiated), their description is more akin to that of the Fallout 3 feral ghoul (and its glowing cousin) than a traditional zombie, but they are quite alike and not that hard to use for special "end of the world" scenarios involving loads and loads of undead.

**GrimDork**

It's simple zombie stuff. Spawn x a turn at each point until you have too many, small chance of irradiator. Player w/o initiative gets go move zombies each turn (so alternate each turn) but if they're within Los and charge range they do that automatically.

As long as that nickel city stories bat rep did it right .

**squall018**

I folded and just bought the pdf. Didn't want to wait till September to get the hardback. Just started reading, but so far so good.

**GrimDork**

Haha, I couldn't wait either, I bought mine a week or two before the kickstarter launched. Still pretty favorable to keeping my book pledge but we'll see how the bank looks when this closes.

I really like the monster of the week goal.

**Shadow Captain Edithae**

squall018 wrote:
I folded and just bought the pdf. Didn't want to wait till September to get the hardback. Just started reading, but so far so good.

September?

Whats the official ETA for everything? Are there separate ETA's for miniatures and the hardback book (.e.g if the book printing takes months longer than the miniature casting), or do we get our entire pledge in one go? I'm not complaining, just want to temper my expectations if its going to be a long wait.

My first Kickstarter (Westfalia's Mad Max miniatures) had a very quick turnaround.

**Barzam**

Well folks, you can all thank me. I just pushed this over $20k with my pledge, and then some.

Deathwing, will we be able to add on additional stuff during the pledge manager, or do I have to put down for everything I want right now?

**squall018**

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
squall018 wrote:
I folded and just bought the pdf. Didn't want to wait till September to get the hardback. Just started reading, but so far so good.

September?

Whats the official ETA for everything? Are there separate ETA's for miniatures and the hardback book (.e.g if the book printing takes months longer than the miniature casting), or do we get our entire pledge in one go? I'm not complaining, just want to temper my expectations if its going to be a long wait.

My first Kickstarter (Westfalia's Mad Max miniatures) had a very quick turnaround.

It says September as the ETA for shipping. Right under the description for each pledge.

I'm almost certain everything ships in one go, as shipping two waves would probably be too expensive for them. It doesn't actually explicitly say that anywhere that I can see, but I'm almost certain I'm right.

**NewTruthNeomaxim**

Well, hopefully if your pledge includes .pdf elements, you'll get those sooner. :-p

**Shadow Captain Edithae**

squall018 wrote:
Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
squall018 wrote:
I folded and just bought the pdf. Didn't want to wait till September to get the hardback. Just started reading, but so far so good.

September?

Whats the official ETA for everything? Are there separate ETA's for miniatures and the hardback book (.e.g if the book printing takes months longer than the miniature casting), or do we get our entire pledge in one go? I'm not complaining, just want to temper my expectations if its going to be a long wait.

My first Kickstarter (Westfalia's Mad Max miniatures) had a very quick turnaround.

It says September as the ETA for shipping. Right under the description for each pledge.

I'm almost certain everything ships in one go, as shipping two waves would probably be too expensive for them. It doesn't actually explicitly say that anywhere that I can see, but I'm almost certain I'm right.

Guess I should have gone to Specsavers...

**overtyrant**

What size board is this ment to be played on? I only ask as I want to start gathering terrain and a gaming mat for it.

**BrookM**

Latest update: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/57306923/this-is-not-a-test-post-apocalyptic-skimirsh-ruleb/posts/1518152

Frequently Asked Questions

Below are the most common questions we have received so far. Feel free to message any other questions, concerns, or issues you may have.

I pledged at the Wasteland Veteran level, how will you get my email?

Don’t worry. When the Kickstarter closes out, we will send out surveys. You will give us your email at that time. Note that your Kickstarter email and the email you purchased the original PDF with do not have to be the sa We know folks use different accounts across multiple platforms. Just let us know the email you purchased the PDF under and we will verify it. We will contact you if there are any problems.

Will you be expanding the printed rules to account for the new scenarios, etc.?

No. This Kickstarter is about delivering on time. The book has already been laid out to the standards our publisher requested and any additions would dramatically expand on our timeline and pricing. It should be noted that the scenarios and other material are still being worked on at this point and we still need to playtest them some more. They will not be ready by the time the book goes to print. We will be fixing known typos and errata issues, both as quality control, and they require only minor shifts in layout.

Why not combine the PDF supplements into the main book?

For two main reasons. One, as we said above, the book is already done at this point and we cannot expand the book without delays. Two, the supplements have their own developmental costs, to include art and graphic design. As such we cannot simply add them to the book free of charge without taking a substantial financial hit. We are quite proud of the quality of our rulesets, but this comes at a literal price. It is also not a simple fix of upping the price of the book to compensate. Since the book was made first and publishing the original rules is the entire point of the Kickstarter, there seems little need to fix what’s not broken. In the future our supplements may be captured into a printed book when there is enough of them to warrant the cost, but for now they must remain PDF’s, which we think are still a good value.

How do the add-ons work?

For now, you only have to worry about your initial pledge level. In the future we will send out a comprehensive survey that will allow you to choose your add-ons and calculate any additional costs. This will be done automatically by the survey so you don’t have to stress over it. So just decide your pledge level and relax.

Can I order two or more books to save on shipping?

Absolutely. However, our shipping costs factor in a single book due their heavy weight. If you choose to add-on additional books, we will have to add a small shipping fee later on, but this will not exceed $5.00 per book. So it may make economic sense to share a pledge and shipping costs with friends.

Can you do local pick-up?

Right now I cannot say, but I think we can probably pull this off. If you live in the Maryland/DC area, or perhaps will be attending the NOVA Open convention, we should be able to hold your items and deliver to you. If this happens, we will refund most of, if not all, of our shipping charges. We cannot hold items long term so you will need to make arrangements for picking them up rather quickly. Once the surveys go out we should know more about doing this.

Are the items produced for the Kickstarter exclusive?

No, eventually all items will be available to the public in some form. However, pledging gets them early, at a discount, or free depending on the item. We are completionists ourselves and understand the frustration of not having access to a gaming product and we don’t want to do that. Do any of the miniatures come painted? No. All miniatures come unpainted and unassembled.

How does shipping work?

Our tentative ship date for all physical products is September 2016. This is dependent on turnaround from our printer. Our plan is to ship all physical products in one go to reduce costs. PDF’s that are already completed, namely the rulebook and supplements, will be sent out soon after the Kickstarter closes; the newly unlocked PDF’s will go out after they are written and playtested, which will be no later than September. Keep in mind that after the Kickstarter closes that it will take some type to sort through over 250 different pledges. So it will be a little bit before the PDF’s get sent out.

**Pacific**

Are there any Forum avatars or banners available for those of us who want to help support the KS within the forum world?

overtyrant wrote:
What size board is this ment to be played on? I only ask as I want to start gathering terrain and a gaming mat for it.

It suggests 4x4 for the basic game although I guess you can scale up or down if you need to.

**carlos13th**

I could knock something together if I reinstall photoshop.

Or we could just steal brookM's avatar if he doesnt mind.

**BrookM**

Or go here like I did..

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/57306923/this-is-not-a-test-post-apocalyptic-skimirsh-ruleb/posts/1513871

**carlos13th**

That is better.

**Pacific**

We can't have three users with the same avatar though!

Might just see what I can bodge up in photoshop..

**carlos13th**

Pacific wrote:
We can't have three users with the same avatar though!

Might just see what I can bodge up in photoshop..

There are a bunch more in the Link that Brook Posted

**Alpharius**

carlos13th wrote:
Pacific wrote:
We can't have three users with the same avatar though!

Might just see what I can bodge up in photoshop..

There are a bunch more in the Link that Brook Posted

Indeed!

**carlos13th**

Ive just kitbashed a tribal warband for this game. Looking forward to painting them.

**Pacific**

Looking good Carlos will be interested to see how they turn out

Alpharius wrote:
carlos13th wrote:
Pacific wrote:
We can't have three users with the same avatar though!

Might just see what I can bodge up in photoshop..

There are a bunch more in the Link that Brook Posted

Indeed!

Thanks guys.. doh!

**carlos13th**

Hasnt been a game for a while that has made me this tempted to kitbash and convert. I am very glad that you can buy single sprues of stuff on ebay.

**Pacific**

I can't remember the last time a project excited me so much! (Possibly early Horus Heresy book days, so some time ago!)

I'm the same Carlos, really made me start thinking about kit-bashing and converting again.

A new profile pic chosen to help support

**carlos13th**

Who you gonna do first mate? I've got tep warbands primed and ready to paint.

**rollawaythestone**

This game has really gotten my hobby flowing. So much creativity and cool ideas have poured out since I picked up the pdf back in November (?). I've spent the last couple months building warbands and terrain and have assembled an entire tables worth of awesome stuff. We plunked down our terrain the other night in the game shop and really blew people away with what we've been working on. Just started a campaign for our group and have finished the first round of games.

Here's a teaser of one of our tables. If this doesn't make you want to play TNT - I can't help you.

Spoiler:

I've been playing the Hubologists - Fallout fans might recognize them from Fallout 2. They are the post-apocalyptic remnants of the Church of Scientology. I use the Tribal rules to represent their backwards ideology and access to psychic powers. Here's my warband (before adding two more guys since gaining some barter script from the campaign).

Spoiler:

**Shadow Captain Edithae**

Printing off my PDF rulebook at home now for my Club (I'm backing the hardback Kickstarter for myself). I think I've gone through 6 ink cartridges so far.

Luckily my brother has two big bags of cheap recycled cartridges for me to ~~steal~~ use.

**GrimDork**

Oh wow that sounds harsh. I think staples will do it for 12c or so a sheet so I could have a hard copy for $20 but meh ID rather get the hardback. If I can't back for some reason in the end I'll probably do that though. Or maybe trim it down to just the rules.

Honestly I could probably just fine one of those gaming cheatsheets and be good most of the time.

**RiTides**

Just updated the OP with a link! Let me know if anything else needs updating, I imagine the creator is kind of busy right now

Also put in a small pledge to watch this, and maybe up it later

**Shadow Captain Edithae**

GrimDork wrote:
Oh wow that sounds harsh. I think staples will do it for 12c or so a sheet so I could have a hard copy for $20 but meh ID rather get the hardback. If I can't back for some reason in the end I'll probably do that though. Or maybe trim it down to just the rules.

Honestly I could probably just fine one of those gaming cheatsheets and be good most of the time.

Technically its only costing me £2.50 for a pack of 500 paper sheets. I'm stealing the ink cartridges from my brother as he hasn't used this printer in 5 years.

The cost isn't the annoying thing. The annoying thing is having to print out 40 pages at a time because the ink cartridges keep running out and the printer forgets where it was every time I remove them.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Been at it for 3 hours and I'm at 110/170.

I'm sticking this copy in a ring binder and giving it to the Club for everyone to read and use (I'm keeping the hardback for myself), and my hope is to get everyone interested. So that means full colour and all the nice fluff and artwork.